High school student steals school bus in Ingham County (Michigan)

mlive/ap ^ | 1-27-03

[Dan from Michigan]

High school student steals school bus in Ingham County

The Associated Press
1/27/2004, 12:16 p.m. ET

MASON, Mich. (AP) — A high school student was arrested after authorities say he stole a school bus and drove erratically before being found asleep inside the vehicle.

The 18-year-old Holt High School student could be charged with unlawfully driving away a vehicle and operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, said Ingham County Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth.

"If you take a 40-long, yellow bus, you're going to get caught," Wriggelsworth told the Lansing State Journal.

The sheriff's department got a call around midday Monday about the school bus being driven erratically. A deputy spotted the bus parked halfway off a road and found the student passed out inside.

No injuries or damages were reported. The Webberville Community Schools bus had been taken from the Capital Area Career Center in Mason.

[Dan from Michigan]

Damn!! LOL.

[Cobra64]

My brother and I pinched a brand new traffic light when we were kids. We tried for the phone booth first but decided the light would be easier to explain to the old man.

[Gefreiter]

"My name is Ott-o, and I like to get blott-o!"

Random Simpsons quote

[DumpsterDiver]

Damn, indeed! :-)

...could be charged with unlawfully driving away a vehicle...

Is that a new-fangled, fancy way of saying he stole it? Is unlawfully driving away with it better or worse than unlawfully towing it away?

[NativeSon]

Sheriff Gene Wriggelsworth

Hehehe

[NativeSon]

Think of the Children!!!! there should be licensing, waiting periods, a limit on the number of seats and the size of the gas tank, and locks, lots of them!

[Kieri]

ROFL! My husband and I wanted to move to Mason before we finally settled in Grass Lake! Mason, FYI, is a gorgeous little town that features the Ingham County Seat building. It's got one of those 5-and-dime stores (with the toys in the basement) that many of us grew up and loved.

Its a cute town and worth a stop, if you're traveling up 127.

[Dan from Michigan]

The funniest part with that 2nd post is that Gene Wriggelsworth (D) is one of the worst gun grabbers in the state. He was the treasurer of the anti-CCW group.

[Dan from Michigan]

I've know the building well from my East Lansing Days. Been there a few times when the commish took a left turn...which is often.

[albee]

"If you take a 40-long, yellow bus, you're going to get caught," Wriggelsworth told the Lansing State Journal."

DUH!!!

I swear, you can's make this stuff up if you tried!

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

The Webberville Community Schools bus had been taken from the Capital Area Career Center in Mason.

Who knew that Drunken School Bus Thievery could become a career.

[ErnBatavia]

I knew a girl named Wrigglesworth...she did, too, and quite nicely.